Sandra Navidi
“Part of the reason women haven’t been able to break into the financial industry is because they’re not plugged into the same power and information channels that men are—they’re not part of the network to the same extent. There’s only so much you can do in a homogenous environment. And considering that it’s mostly men who are still in the positions of power, networking is limited in its scope.”
How to do better: “Looking back at the ’80s and some of the very public manifestations of the Wall Street culture, I see we’ve made quite a bit of progress. But culture and societal norms in general have changed—and a lot of behaviors just have become more subtle and harder to fight.”
—Sandra Navidi is CEO of New York–based BeyondGlobal. beyond-global.com
